tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post6283605223008550809..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: One more thing today....I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-30330493742052759622011-07-24T10:42:28.184+09:002011-07-24T10:42:28.184+09:00I don't think the student's mothers will p...I don't think the student's mothers will put up with decision on the governments part too long, lets hope its overturned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-61860986110362705942011-07-22T17:22:02.743+09:002011-07-22T17:22:02.743+09:00The article indicates exactly what you have said.
...The article indicates exactly what you have said.<br />"One of the reasons schools have native teachers is to give Korean teachers opportunities to learn from them so that they can provide better English lessons to students,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “However, as Korean teachers’ language skills are getting better, there will be less need for native speakers at schools. That’s the reality.”<br />While it is the reality I don't think that the ENTIRE school system has already reached that level of proficiency.<br />But, when money gets tight schools look for what appears to be expensive. I say 'appears' because they haven't figured out how to quantify the ripple effect of teaching teachers. (Sports, music, and art programs are often the first to go in the US.) If you add in personal bias administrators may have against a particular program area you can see how this 'oversight' in the budget was allowed to pass without argument.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152331034811969072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-48316942981221606082011-07-22T11:35:37.560+09:002011-07-22T11:35:37.560+09:00i just wanted to say: i think you are awesome. pro...i just wanted to say: i think you are awesome. probably doesn't mean much, but you are a fucking champ. chin up.karisuma gyaruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448572213520961096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-87921921459761126752011-07-22T03:14:21.245+09:002011-07-22T03:14:21.245+09:00I'm applying through EPIK for Gangwon so this ...I'm applying through EPIK for Gangwon so this does not yet affect me directly (I hope) but it is concerning nonetheless. I honestly do want to teach in a school where the priority is learning and not profit. <br /><br />In Canada I've volunteered for years now with the Immigrant Settlement Services, helping immigrant's to Canada improve their English. Be it 2,5,or 10 years in an English speaking country there are always questions that only a native speaker can help with. I imagine that Korean English teachers are similar. They may have a firmer grasp on English but there will always be particulars like the natural enunciation, or the unwritten rules of English that a native teacher is invaluable for. <br /><br />The right native teachers are an asset and shouldn't be thought of as a budgeting nuisance. <br /><br />I hope that should I get my NOA, and begin teaching in Korea that I would be a good teach, and be worth every single won they pay me. I'll do my job and probably much more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-79715205183931718222011-07-21T23:11:21.988+09:002011-07-21T23:11:21.988+09:00If you are running teachers training courses, I...If you are running teachers training courses, I'm guessing that you are safe. <br /><br />It does totally suck though. Unlike you, when they told me that they would cut my pay, I got the hell out of dodge and got a different job. I thought that if they were so quick to cut my pay when I renewed my contract, the next step would be to get rid of my job. <br /><br />Actually I saw the writing on the wall when the regional director for Gyeongsang province gave a speech in our town about how we shouldn't bitch when we were required to go out for dinner on short notice, and about how the Korean co-teachers were 1000 times more qualified than us. (This was an introductory seminar for new teachers...nobody told that bitch anything about catching more flies with honey.)3gyupsalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221321128938672113noreply@blogger.com